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業
简 业 · 繁 業Characters in this entry
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4 · ye4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 業. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- profession; business; trade
- merits and achievements; work
- course of study
- property; estate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lofty; large
- (Buddhism) karma
- (literary) already
- (literary) to engage in (a job or work)
- (historical) ornamental wooden board, carved into a sawtooth shape, on top of the horizontal beam of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang
- (Hokkien) busy and laborious (causing sadness and distress)
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